Bob's Birthday is the eighth episode (tenth episode to be aired on the BBC and by credit order) of the first series.
Plot
It’s Bob's birthday but everyone pretends they have forgotten as they are throwing him a surprise party. Bob goes off to mend the stable wall, while Wendy makes a cake. Dizzy and Muck make one too - a concrete one! Even greedy Spud helps. When Bob returns, he is delighted with his birthday surprise - and two cakes!
Characters
Locations
- Bobsville
- Bob's Yard
- Bob's Office
- Bob's Kitchen
- Bob's Yard
- The Countryside
- Farmer Pickles' Farm
Voice Cast
United Kingdom, Ireland & Australia
- Neil Morrissey as Bob, Roley, Lofty & Farmer Pickles
- Rob Rackstraw as Scoop, Muck, Travis & Spud
- Kate Harbour as Wendy, Dizzy, Pilchard & Bird
North America
- William Dufris as Bob & Farmer Pickles
- Lorelei King as Wendy
- Alan Marriott as Scoop, Travis & Spud
- Maria Darling as Dizzy & Roley
- Lachele Carl as Muck
- Sonya Leite as Lofty
- Kate Harbour as Pilchard & Bird (uncredited)
Finland
- Timo Tuominen as Bob and Roley
- Antti Pääkkönen as Scoop, Lofty and Travis
- Jukka Rasila as Muck, Spud and Farmer Pickles
- Rinna Paatso as Wendy and Dizzy
Trivia
- Some TV guide sources incorrectly list this episode airing in January 1999 for the UK.
- Strangely, the UK title card uses a different font.
- This episode marks the first of a few things:
- This marks the first time Muck says Scoop's catchphrase. But he/she says "Can we make it?"
- This is the first episode copyrighted 1999 when going by production order.
- First time a birthday is celebrated (Bob).
- Assuming if the original UK airdate(s) means anything, Bob's birthday would be 12 July or 14 September.
- This would make his zodiac birth sign be Cancer or Virgo.
- This episode was paired with Bob's Big Surprise (Series 2) when it first premiered in North America and Latin America.
- This episode was paired with Tea Set Travis (Series 2) when it first premiered on PBS in the US.
- This is the first episode to have a short episode song.
- In the original Brazilian Portuguese dub of this episode, "Happy Birthday to You" is sung instead of a variant of the show's theme song when Bob, Scoop, and Lofty come back to the yard.
Goofs
- In the close up of Bob struggling to remove a board from the stable wall, his hammer is missing from his toolbelt, but when Spud says, "Pull it harder, Bob!", his hammer reappears.
- Bob's hammer is not inserted in his toolbelt properly when he sees his two cakes.
Quotes
- Travis: (US only) Hey, Bob. (Bob struggles to remove board)
- Spud: Pull it harder, Bob!
- Bob: (straining) I'm...doing...my...best! (The board cracks)
- Bob: Whew, that was a tough one!
- Spud: (laughs) Can he fix it? (Laughs)
- Bob: (annoyed) Yes, I can Spud. Haven't you got work to do?
- Muck: Cake making looks easy! You just bung everything together and mix it up!
- Dizzy: Yeah! It's just like making concrete!
- Muck: Bob loves your concrete, Dizzy! Why don't we make him a concrete cake, he can keep forever!
- Dizzy: Oh, yes! Come on!
- Muck: Can we make it?
- Dizzy: Yes, we can!
- Wendy: (catches Spud touching Bob's birthday cake) Spud!
- Spud: Oh! (eats a bit of icing) Sorry!
- Wendy: Oh, that's Bob's birthday cake!
- Spud: (gasps) Bob's birthday cake?!
- Wendy: Fingers off!
- Spud: Sorry, Wendy! It looked so good! And I'm so hungry!
- Wendy: (sighs) I was just going to put the candle on the cake.
- Spud: Oh, Wendy, can I help?
- Wendy: I don't know whether you deserve to.
- Spud: Oh, go on, Wendy!
- Wendy: Oh, alright.
- Spud: Thanks, Wendy! Spud's on the job!
- Wendy, Farmer Pickles and the Gang: (singing) Bob the Builder, It's his birthday, Bob the Builder, Yes, it is! It's Bob's birthday, Can we sing it? It's Bob's birthday, Yes, we can!
In Other Languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
---|---|---|
Latin Spanish | El Cumpleaños de Bob | Bob's Birthday |
European Spanish | El Cumpleaños de Bob | Bob's Birthday |
Polish | Urodziny Boba | Bob's Birthday |
Hungarian | Bob születésnapja | Bob's Birthday |
Russian | День рождения Боба | Bob's Birthday |
Romanian | Ziua de nastere a lui Bob | Bob's Birthday |
Swedish | Bob fyller år | Bob's Birthday |
Hindi | बॉब के जन्मदिन | Bob's Birthday |
German | Bob hat Geburtstag | It's Bob's Birthday |
Japanese | ボブのたんじょうび | Bob's birthday |
Dutch | Bob’s verjaardag | Bob's Birthday |
Czech | Bořkovy narozeniny | Bob's Birthday |
Hebrew | יום ההולדת של בוב | Bob's Birthday |
European Portuguese | O Aniversário do Bob | Bob's Birthday |
Finnish | Peten Syntymäpäivät | Bob's Birthday |
Slovene | Mihov rojstni dan | Bob's Birthday |
Scottish | Co La Brieth Chaluim | Bob's Birthday |
Bosnian | Bobov Rodendan | Bob's Birthday |
Catalan | L'Aniversari D'En Bob | Bob's Birthday |
Chinese | 生日快乐 巴布 | Happy Birthday Bob |
Persian | تولد باب | Birthday Bob |
External Links
United Kingdom Premieres
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08pllwx - Original UK BBC Premiere Date (BBC)
North American Premieres
- https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_the_Builder - US Premiere Date (Nick Jr)
- https://www.corusent.com/news/obobo-builds-a-canadian-pre-school-following/ - Canada Premiere Date (YTV Jr.)